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This search engine was co-created by Russian-born Sergey Brin, who's family moved to the U.S. when he was only six. It is so popular for looking things up on the internet that the name of the search engine has become a verb.
What is Google?
100
This is the largest mountain range in the U.S.
What are the Rocky Mountains?
100
This German born scientist immigrated to the U.S. in 1940. His formula E=mc2 revolutionized physics, and his name is now even synonymous for "genius."
Who is Albert Einstein?
100
This game was invented in Massachusetts in 1891 by a Canadian teacher, as a game athletes could play indoors during winter months. The Los Angeles Lakers were the most recent league champions, and it has been a long time since the game actually used baskets.
What is basketball?
100
This musical instrument was invented in 1932, but first became popular and widely used in the 1950s and 1960s.
What is an electric guitar?
200
This website was co-created by Steve Chen, who's family moved to the U.S. from Taiwan when he was eight years old, and is by far the most popular website for watching videos on the internet.
What is YouTube?
200
This is the southern-most state in the United States, made up of 137 islands stretching over 1,500 miles across the ocean.
What is Hawaii?
200
This Austrian born actor moved to the U.S. at age 21, speaking little English. He became a movie star in the 1980s, and in 2003, was elected Governor of California.
Who is Arnold Schwartznegger?
200
This sport was developed in the 1700s and 1800s, and was even played by soldiers in the U.S. Civil War for exercise. Rare for sports, the defense controls the ball. Games last nine innings, with no other time limit. The 2020 major league champions were the Los Angeles Dodgers.
What is baseball?
200
Eminem, Drake, and Nicki Minaj are all performers of this music genre, which first gained widespread appeal in the 1980s?
What is Rap, or Hip-Hop?
300
Although not the only ones racing to be the first to the skies, many credit the Wright Brothers as being the first to build one a working version of these in 1903.
What is an airplane?
300
This mountain range runs through California, north to south.
What are the Sierra Nevadas?
300
This Canadian born TV host became famous as the host of Jeopardy!, a position he held from 1984 until he passed away in 2020.
Who is Alex Trabek?
300
Outside the U.S., the name of this sport means a different game. In the U.S. game, despite the name, hands are used more than feet. Instead of goals, points are earned with touchdowns, extra points, and field goals.
What is football?
300
The Beatles, Van Halen, and Jimi Hendrix are all performers of this type of music that first developed in the southern U.S. before gaining widespread appeal in the 1950s and 1960s. 
What is Rock or Rock n' Roll?
400
First created by German immigrant Levi Strauss in the 1800s in California, these leggings were intended to be durable work pants. By the mid-1900s, these cool colored pants had become fashionable, and synonymous with American culture.
What are blue jeans?
400
This landmark in Arizona is 277 miles long, up to 18 miles wide, and at points over a mile deep. A National Park, it has stunning views and overwhelming size.
What is Grand Canyon?
400
This Mexican born actress first came to the U.S. in 1991, with her first breakout role in 1995's 'Desperado.' She became a U.S. citizen in 2013.
Who is Selma Hayek?
400
Founded in 1996, this league is the longest running women's professional sports league in the country. With 12 teams across the country, games are broadcast on ESPN or NBA TV, and some teams play on the same home courts and arenas as their local professional men's teams.
What is the WNBA?
400
This singer's "All I Want for Christmas is You" set the record for most Spotify streams in a day, with over 17 million streams on Dec 25 of 2020.
Who is Mariah Carey?
500
This video conferencing company was started by Eric Yuan, who was inspired to create a video telephone so he could virtually visit his girlfriend, who lived 10 hours away. He moved to the U.S. from China when he was 27, and years later he started this video conferencing company, which we are using right now.
What is Zoom?
500
St. Augustine, founded in 1565 and the oldest city in the U.S., is located in this southern U.S. state.
What is Florida?
500
Born in Iran, this engineer and entrepreneur moved to the U.S. as a teenager, going on to college, co-founding tech companies, and funding private space exploration.
Who is Anousheh Ansari?
500
In 2013, this baseball player defected from Cuba to the United States to play baseball. In 2020, he was named the American League Most Valuable Player.
Who is José Abreu?
500
This improvisational type of music started in New Orleans, but has spread to clubs around the world. Famous musicians of this genre, include Miles Davis, Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald.
What is Jazz?